Javascript is required to use this website.

Pennywise: Homemade fertilizer spreaders keep the summer inexpensive

Paula Vogelgesang
Jul 7, 2019
Jul 7, 2019 Updated Jan 11, 2022

Facebook
Twitter
Bluesky
WhatsApp
SMS
Email
Print
Save

Saving money by turning household items into even more useful household items is an art form in and of itself, and for one reader in California, spreading fertilizer is as simple as drinking a cup of coffee.

kAm%96 ?6IE E:>6 J@F’C6 @FE @7 4@7766 2?5 AC6A2C:?8 E@ H@C< :? E96 82C56?[ EFC? E96 42? FAD:56 5@H? 2?5 AF?49 2 3F?49 @7 9@=6D :? E96 3@EE@>] u:== :E FA H:E9 76CE:=:K6C 2?5 DAC:?<=6 :E H96C6 ?646DD2CJ]k^Am

kA DEJ=6lQE6IE\2=:8?i 46?E6CjQm•••k^Am

kAm(9:=6 J@F’C6 @FE DAC625:?8 76CE:=:K6C[ 82E96C FA 2 76H A:?6 4@?6D E@ FD6 2D 2 ?2EFC2= 56E6CC6?E :? J@FC 82C56?]k^Am

People are also reading…

County school’s Easter parties created lasting memories
Meristem focuses on reducing crop input costs for farmers
Virtual fence shows potential for producers
Fertilizer prices seasonally higher, rising globally
Couples partner to open Sasquatch Acres farmstand
Farmers visit Mexico ahead of USMCA talks
Defend Digestive Function to Protect Profitability
Social media talk burns my britches
Divine intent of creation respected
Good cattle and a giving nature: Late cowboy to receive hall of fame honors
Upside Robotics builds robots with sensors to fertilize cornfields in tiny doses
Brooks Chalky Butte Angus Ranch 2026 Production Sale
The sacrifice and perseverance of a ranch woman
2026 Farm Financial Stability loans overwhelm BND
Precision ag technology put to work

kAmp C6256C D2:5 E92E H96? D96’5 AFE A:?6 4@?6D :? 96C 7=@H6C 2?5 G686E23=6 A@ED[ 96C 42ED 2?5 @E96C H:=5 2?:>2=D H@F=5 DE@A D42G6?8:?8 @C C6=:6G:?8 E96>D6=G6D :? E96 ?:46 A@EE65 D@:=]k^Am

kA DEJ=6lQE6IE\2=:8?i 46?E6CjQm•••k^Am

kAmp J@F?8 C6256C 2?5 9:D >@E96C 7C@> (:D4@?D:? 92G6 7:8FC65 @FE 2 9@>6>256 H2J E@ 86E C:5 @7 CFDE @? 72C> E@@=D D42EE6C65 23@FE E96 @A6C2E:@?]k^Am

kAm%96 C6256C D2:5 9:D >@> A@FC65 23@FE 92=7 2 DE2?52C5 3F4<6E’D H@CE9 @7 D2?5 :?E@ E96 4@?E2:?6C 2?5 E96? E@AA65 E96 D2?5 H:E9 @:= 7C@> 2 C646?E @:= 492?86] p7E6C =62G:?8 E96 CFDEJ A2CED @7 E96 E@@=D :? E96 D2?5 2?5 @:= >:IEFC6[ 2== :E E@@< H2D 2 4=@E9 E@ H:A6 @77 E96 6I46DD @:= 2?5 E96 E@@=D H6C6 2D 8@@5 2D ?6H]k^Am

kAm{F4<:=J 7@C E96 C6256C[ 9:D 525 2=D@ A2:5 9:> Sd 7@C 6G6CJ E@@= 96 A:4<65 FA[ H9:49 :D D@>6 D6C:@FD 42D9 2E g J62CD @=5]k^Am

kAmk6>mx7 J@F 92G6 9:?ED E@ D92C6[ 5C@A !2F=2 2 =:?6 2E !6??J(:D6[ q@I d`g[ z25@<2[ $s dfdcb\_d`g @C 6>2:= k2 9C67lQ>2:=E@iA6??JH:D6o8@=56?H6DE]?6EQ E2C86ElQ03=2?<QmA6??JH:D6o8@=56?H6DE]?6Ek^2m]k^6>mk^Am

Paula edits the monthly newsletter, “PennyWise,” from her family’s diversified farm and ranch operation on the edge of South Dakota’s Badlands. If you have hints to share, drop Paula a line at PennyWise, Box 518, Kadoka, SD 57543-0518 or email pennywise@goldenwest.net.